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Deng Ming-Dao: Happiness and Resolve

Banish uncertainty Affirm strength Hold resolve Expect death Make your stand today.  On this spot.  Make your actions count; do not falter in your determination to fulfill your destiny.  Don’t follow the destiny outlined in some mystical book: Create your … Continue reading

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Mothers and Happiness

Mothers and Happiness Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.~ Mother Teresa First let me say, Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and my sisters who … Continue reading

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Dalai Lama on Osama Bin Laden

The Dalai Lama has found himself in a bit of a quandary it both expressing an interest in justice and a reluctance towards killing, an act truly void of compassion.  He’s not the only one to find himself in this … Continue reading

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Time for a Happiness Day

Time for a Happiness Day Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you ~ Karl Lagerfeld You are not a bad person, you’re not evil … Continue reading

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Happiness and Grateful for Good Health

Happiness and Grateful for Good Health At least you have your health the old saying goes and we all know to some degree this is true.  Recently, I’ve come to a better understanding of that expression.  Over the last two … Continue reading

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Happiness and Work

Happiness and Work Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life ~ Confucius Today the topic I would like to address is happiness and work.  I think I speak for everyone … Continue reading

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Dalai Lama: Mosquito interrupted Happiness

A quick and light moment on film with the Dalai Lama, even the best of us can be interrupted on the path, even if it’s just by a mosquito. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuFZ-DUx71w

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Happiness and harsh words

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  ~Marcel Proust Sometimes this world is hard and the people around us make it even harder.  We often don’t understand … Continue reading

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Happiness and writing away the darkness

Happiness and writing away the darkness An update to a piece from a couple of years ago ~ Rev Kane Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. ~ Jeanette Winterson … Continue reading

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Happiness and Independence

Below is a piece from Deng Ming-Dao’s 365 Day Tao and is on Independence.    How are happiness and independence related?  In our lives, as social creatures, we need other human beings.  Being around other people can make us feel safe … Continue reading

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